Zusammenfassung der Ressource
How and why do
populations change
naturally?
- Demographic transition model
- Population pyramids models
- Stage 1: Afghanistan
- Birth rate stays equal /w slight increase
- No birth control
- High infant mortality
- Children needed to work
- Death rate fluctuates
- Diseases
- Poor hygiene
- No/little
health care
- Famine/ malnutrition
- War/ terrorism
- Total population fluctuates
- Stage 2: Bangladesh
- Birth rates begin to slightly drop
- Death rates dramatically decreased
- Slightly better housing
- Slightly better food/ water
- Modest healthcare
- Lower infant mortality
- Stage 3: Mexicio
- Birth rate drops
- Birth control
- Lower infant mortality
- Desire for smaller families
- Death rates continue to decrease
- Total population rises
- Stage 4: UK
- Birth rate reaches a low point and fluctuates
- Death rate levels off
- Improved medical care (NHS)
- Good quality housing
- Easy access to food/ water
- High wealth compared to LEDCs
- Stage 5: Japan
- Decreasing birth rate
- Change in culture -
desire smaller
families
- Level death rates
- Medication becomes advanced
- Natural deaths cause a level but low death rate
- Total population decreases
- As population hits a high resources cannot be shared equally
- Total population must
decrease to survive
sustainably
- Out-migration